I'm curious to know if Bill goes through the same dilemma as I do about art. I'm rather impulsive and would release something before it's time, but then to only realize later how this could have been corrected and that should be changed and why not use this new ending, and on and on ad nauseam. It's a painful experience to go back and fuss over what most people would never realize that you take time to fuss about. And this bending backwards and twisting oneself into a knot over minutia can make the whole experience of art into some protracted, hellish torture that the Devil devised for his most naive simpletons, those poor unfortunate souls who believe they are in pursuit of beauty. Creativity is the sword of the Devil -- yes, no doubt about it. So back to the question at hand. Does Bill suffer from this bizarre, neurotic fate of not letting go? And if so, how does he deal with it? I am 65 years old and only at this late date in my life have I now made the resolution to do nothing for a week before I release something for the public.
And if Bill doesn't suffer from this prolonged midwifery, does the occasion ever arise where he wishes to change something from his past material? That could be hellish too. It could turn you off from ever viewing your art because you just see the imperfections. I've heard some actors are like that in never watching their own movies. Vexing questions in vexing times.... On a hopeful note, I hope some strapping Yorkshire lads have helped move his grandmother's furniture. I'd help but I'm thousands of miles away...
Dar, I see my subscription is down by one, so I'm assuming you had subscribed and now unsubscribed. If that is the case, please accept my apologies and subscribe again. Damn these devilish details!
Yes, the Devil is in the details. And he swings the damn sword of Damocles that ever threatens to ruin you, to drive you even crazier by cutting the details into yet even smaller details until there are so many damn details that you are adrift in a sea of them and there are more details for you to attend to than gains of sand. You are afloat on your details which are now the size of water molecules, and the sea of details carries you along like a vast tide or undercurrent that either drops you off at the end of the world where sea monsters reign and you drown in the details, or it takes you to a new world, a new continent. And you are washed ashore on an island... call it Gilligan's Island... where you initially wanted to take a three hour tour of your Art but are now stranded in an unfamiliar place waiting to be saved. Details are like the heads of the Hydra -- there is no end to them or their bite. Speaking of details, Dar you promised to subscribe to my channel... please do.
Stout fellow, sheltec! Forward into the breach!
I'll bite. The "Devil" is in the details, but I'm feeling that overall, people don't care that much about details that perfectionists slave and obsess over. I've lived and worked over the whole spectrum of whatever you might call the one that has OCD at one end and very carefree at the other. Attention to detail and the skill to apply it have their place, but they can also get it the way of creativity. Self doubt, insecurity, self-importance, and that perfectionism (whatever is at it's root) can cripple creativity. So..."depends". Musically, for me , it goes from spending a year tweaking an acoustic guitar piece, and what to me is a real and functional, healthy need for every note to be exact. The other end of that spectrum is spontaneous, dangerous, beautiful noise born out of impatience and the chaos of tools I'm not very good at using (electric guitar, EBow, and pedals), plus a wanton disregard for what anyone thinks about it. That is also healthy, because the need for external approval isn't necessarily healthy.
Work is another matter, but with a lot of overlap. Perfectionism that can be self-defeating, but very, very useful and productive if channeled well, and with the right outlet. Also nice to have aspects of work where looseness and necessity-is-the-mother-of-invention creativity is called for.